Safety Analysis Manager

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.

Job Summary

Reporting to the VP, Modeling and Simulation, the Manager, Safety Analysis lead for the Safety Analysis team, overseeing activities crucial for licensing and Research and Development (R&D) at Kairos Power. This role involves providing technical leadership, managing Safety Analysis personnel, and developing innovative new methodologies to demonstrate the safety of Kairos Power’s KP-FHR technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and ensure regulatory compliance, maintaining high standards of quality for departmental tasks
• Update and maintains safety analysis models tools/infrastructure to support ongoing safety analysis functions
• Leads and provides safety analyses and studies to meet program and project requirements
• Provides technical oversight and ensures technical excellence through the review of project tasks and deliverables to ensure superior quality
• Partners closely with the System Design and Technology Development Design Leads to ensure alignment of designs and the safety case strategy for the KP-FHR technology
• Ensure technical compliance is achieved within established budget and on schedule
• Develop and maintain safety analysis methodologies, procedures, and work instructions
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws
• Oversee team performance, including hiring, training, mentoring and performance evaluations
• Provide cross-functional support to other teams and provide influence to safety on operational and physical design choices
• Execute and meet organizational and department goals
• Creates an environment focused on continuous improvement and employee accountability
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering or related background, PHD in Nuclear Engineering is preferred
• 5+ years’ experience in nuclear engineering with demonstrated safety analysis, familiarity with USNRC regulatory and multi-discipline knowledge required, 1-2 years supervisory/management experience preferred
• Ability to develop guidelines, processes, and metrics that promote successful completion of program and project milestones by employees within the department
• Knowledge of uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis to support new technologies, including use of Dakota and Python libraries
• Knowledge of software quality program requirements and interface with configuration management of safety analysis tools and analyses
• Knowledge of nuclear plant design codes and standards is highly desired
• Demonstrated experience in the development of system code models using for example TRACE, RELAP, SAM, APROS
• Working knowledge and experience with tools in the MOOSE framework preferred
• Broad understanding of multi-physics of advanced reactor systems and how features in design connect to the safety case
• Specific experience with nuclear power, safety analysis licensing and development is highly desired
• Ability to identify, development, and track design basis information
• Experience calculating instrument string uncertainties and working with setpoint methodologies
• Experience developing, using, and updating technical specifications.
• Superior organizational and planning skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications and presentation skills
• Excellent Word, Excel, Project, and Power Point skills
• Ability to work with highly collaborative team
• Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently
• Prioritizes and ensures safety of oneself and others
• Ability to proactively collect, manage and transfer knowledge
• Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems, challenges, and issues

Physical Conditions

• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
• Communicating with others to exchange information

Environmental Conditions

• General office environment
• Accessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned
• High-concentration, demanding and fast-paced

Safety and PPE

• Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs
• Reporting issues with equipment or unsafe conditions

Travel

• Some travel may be required depending in final location, up to 25%

Additional Requirements

• Occasionally requires working weekends
• Occasionally requires schedule flexibility

The salary range for this position is $166,700 to $208,400 for employees working onsite at our Alameda, CA headquarters. The range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate of candidates hired in California. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.

About our Benefits

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)

Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.

Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.

Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810